Lisa,

Hi, yes I know, I missed you. Onders appears to have had a change of thinking about the possibility of it helping in ALS. The husband of one PALS, Lonnie, posted about his wife Sue who, as of last March had the Onders' implant for about a year. Her FVC continued to decline during the period but Lonnie feels it may have helped all the same. He hasn't posted since the crash. Here is some of the discussion:

http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:...n&ct=clnk&cd=2

John